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Definition of backsliding noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

backsliding

noun

/ˈbækslaɪdɪŋ/

/ˈbækslaɪdɪŋ/

[uncountable]

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the situation when somebody fails to do something that they agreed to do and returns to their former bad behaviourTopics Personal qualitiesc2

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